The Smoky Mountain Fall Festival

The muggy summer heat fades into an inviting fall chill.  The greenery on the trees transforms into the vivid colors of the season.  Today is the time where everyone starts to wear a jacket and warmer clothes when they go out.  When you visit the Smokies in the fall, you can be assured you’ll always have something to celebrate, whether it’s a harvest festival, a food tasting or a parade.

My favorite time to visit the Smoky Mountains is fall. Autumn is a special season in the Smoky Mountains with the incredible weather, beautiful scenery of fall foliage, talented craftsmen, delicious treats, mountain music, and everything else that makes fall one of the favorite times of year for both locals and visitors.

Smoky Mountain is your home-away-from-home all year long, but fall is an especially good time visit. 🍁🍂🎃

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The Great Wellsville Balloon Rally

My husband and I attended the Hot Air Balloon Festival at Island Park in Wellsville, New York. This annual festival began in the Western NY region and has continued attracting visitors from all over. It is a three-day event festival starts in mid July. Admission is free. Marvel at the hot air balloons as they take off from Island Park  and create a magnificent rainbow of color in the sky. The balloons travel along the Genesee River and above the rolling green hills and fields in Western NY.  

Watching as those lifeless balloons are blown up and come alive into beautiful shapes and colors before they take off with it's passengers was such a thrill.

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Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights

During the Winter Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls is transformed into a winter wonderland of shimmering lights. A beautifully decorated five-kilometre route stretching from Dufferin Islands along the Niagara Parkway, adjacent to Niagara Falls, past the Rainbow Bridge, to Whirlpool Bridge is known as the Niagara Parks Winter Wonderland.  It includes nearly two million lights and over 100 lighting displays, including:

Dufferin Islands Displays 

You'll be awed by the numerous displays of Canadian wildlife both modern and prehistoric that include moose and buffalo, howling wolves, charging rams, bears, mischievous beavers, deer, and dinosaurs that roamed the land millions of years ago. These are complemented by over 3,000 LED tree light sets that create a mystical aura of illumination. It truly is a wonderful visual experience.

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